Well when your side is screaming out for a centre half, why not simply go out and sign a centre
midfielder who's lost his pace and has struggled with injuries for 3 seasons. Yes, Roberto Mancini
seems to think that by signing a creaky Patrick Vieira, it'll help shore up a leaky defence.
Over the last few years there have been many criticisms of Arsenal, not least of which is the
fact that we're a 'soft touch' and that we can't scrap out results when we're not playing as well
as we might. Often we've played great football but lost games. Yesterday's game at Bolton was
another example of the growing maturity of this team as we battled out a 2-0 win.
The Philadelphia Union has announced the signing of U.S. youth international defender Michael
Orozco on loan from San Luis FC of the Mexican first division. In order to make the signing,
Philadelphia needed to move up to the #1 spot in the MLS allocation order; they accomplished this
by arranging a trade with the team that held the coveted spot, the New York Red Bulls.